Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of China's policy towards Taiwan; and if he will make a statement.

The UK's longstanding position on Taiwan has not changed. We consider the Taiwan issue one to be settled peacefully by the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait through constructive dialogue, without the threat or use of force or coercion. China's military exercises in response to the visit of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan were de-stabilising, and formed part of a pattern of escalatory Chinese activity, which includes a growing number of military flights near Taiwan. We do not support any activity that risks destabilising the status quo.